Governor has not ruled out making such a move in Jackson to help crack down on crime, if necessary.

On Thursday, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) defended his decision to send troops from the Mississippi National Guards to Washington D.C. to assist with President Donald Trump’s efforts to curb violent crime in the nation’s capital.

Earlier this year, President Trump’s Joint Task Force in D.C. called on National Guard troops to assist federal and local law enforcement agencies. In response, six states sent a total of about 2,000 troops to D.C., according to a release from the National Guard. Mississippi was one of those states.

With violent crime and shootings being reported weekly in the city of Jackson, some are wondering why Governor Reeves has not sent troops into the state’s c

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